Search Tag: medical imaging
2020 19 Oct
Cybersecurity issues have been affecting the healthcare sector in recent years. As the use of the internet has expanded over the last two decades, hospitals worldwide have also adopted technology. Patient health information and electronic health records are now used routinely in healthcare. However, while this adoption of technology is a positive...Read more
2020 18 Sep
Healthcare institutions perform imaging studies for a variety of reasons. While these imaging studies are helpful, very few have clinical therapeutic value. To avoid redundancy and ensure meaningful endpoints to imaging studies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has now been introduced to the world of medical imaging. AI involves the use of computerised...Read more
2020 27 Mar
Protecting patients from over-exposure to radiation is part of the daily life of healthcare professionals in medical imaging. Justification, optimization, ALARA’s approach – these principles are necessary to reduce the dose delivered to the patient.Moreover, numerous legal regulations (directives, the public health code) now make it compulsory...Read more
2020 31 Jan
Even today, finding the right balance between image quality and the radiation dose remains a core issue in medical imaging. Although medical imaging is one of the most useful modern medical tools, the use of ionizing rays in imaging undeniably entails various risks. There are many methods for reducing doses while obtaining an image quality clear...Read more
2019 02 Jul
Micro-X and Thales join forces to anticipate the growing needs of the 3D imaging market. Micro-X, the global leader in cold-cathode X-ray technology, and Thales, leader in security and medical imaging, are looking to develop X-ray imaging systems based on X-ray sources using Carbon NanoTubes (CNT) cathodes technology. The combination of...Read more
2019 20 Jun
Advanced visualization and artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider, TeraRecon , today announced it has successfully completed an FDA regulatory review of its Northstar™ AI Results Explorer, for which the technology and the determination are both firsts-of-kind in the medical imaging industry. Northstar is designed to work alongside the company’s...Read more
2019 10 Jun
Advanced visualization and artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider, TeraRecon , today announced that it has reached agreement with Insignia Medical Systems to make its EnvoyAI™ platform available to Insignia’s vast PACS and Regional Image Sharing Platform (RISP) networks currently running in over 200 United Kingdom (U.K.) healthcare sites. ...Read more
2019 03 Apr
Hitachi Healthcare recently unveiled top of the line new additions to their growing imaging diagnostics family. Hitachi, a dominant force in the field for over 6 decades continues to lead the charge in medical imaging innovation through designing equipment that maximize benefit and comfort for both healthcare professionals and patients. Cutting...Read more
2019 27 Mar
Siemens Healthineers and Heart Center in Portugal partner for improved care continuum Red Cross Hospital in Lisbon opens one of the most modern heart centres in Portugal Siemens Healthineers will provide a digital service solution including clinical workflow design, management of the medical equipment and strategic consulting...Read more
2019 19 Mar
Radiologists have long been considered “ doctors’ doctors ,” as they communicate primarily with referring physicians and other radiologists. A key reason behind this: radiologists expend much of their professional effort interpreting medical imaging examinations. They create a formal report to communicate the results of the examination with referring...Read more
2019 20 Feb
Executive Summary Radiology plays an important role in patient screening, diagnosis, treatment guidance, monitoring and follow-up. The sad thing is that two-thirds of the world's population has no access to basic radiologic services. In the case of computer tomography (CT) for example, 14% of low-income countries have at least one CT equipment...Read more
2019 13 Feb
An interesting line-up of activities is scheduled during the forthcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2019 to celebrate EuroSafe Imaging 's five years of success in medical radiation protection. The programme aims to ensure that the issue of radiation protection in medical imaging is front and centre throughout the congress, organisers said. ...Read more
2019 06 Feb
Executive Summary Artificial intelligence ( AI ) is clearly the new trend in automation. This article, "The AI-powered radiologist" , authored by Dr. María Jesús Díaz Candamio , a radiologist at the Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña (Spain), highlights the advances in AI technology that will propel a revolution in...Read more
2019 06 Feb
The importance of artificial intelligence ( AI ) is ever increasing in healthcare, especially in enhancing the accuracy of diagnostic tools and disease risk predictive models. Radiology is said to be among the medical specialities most primed to incorporate AI into clinician workflow. It's no wonder that conversations about AI replacing radiologists...Read more
2019 15 Jan
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra will install its enterprise breast imaging solution throughout the fifteen North Carolina-based breast centers of Charlotte Radiology. Upon project completion, radiologists will experience enhanced workflow productivity through multi-modality viewing on one workstation with the end...Read more
2019 08 Jan
CT radiation exposure is associated with increased risk of cancer development in patients, as ionising radiation is a known carcinogen agent. Radiologists know it is crucial to limit medical imaging exposure and are increasingly adamant on finding ways to avoid unnecessary testing and reduce CT doses. In a new study published in the BMJ , researchers...Read more
2018 18 Dec
Most of us virtually ‘live’ on social media. Twitter , Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn and other platforms are where most of us digitally communicate with each other and the world at large. Social media is perhaps the greatest opportunity doctors have to better communicate with their patients, help educate the next generation of physicians around...Read more
2018 04 Dec
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra has entered into a partnership with HuminTec, a leading software company in the field of pathology in South Korea. Through the distribution agreement, the South Korean healthcare market will gain access to Sectra’s digital pathology solution. This solution supplies healthcare providers...Read more